Shade-holder.



W. A. PAINTER. SHADE HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 28, 1908;

942,738. Patented Dec. 7, 1909.

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W. A. PAINTER.

SHADE HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 23, 1908.

942,738. I Patented Dec. 7, 1909.

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UNITED STAILEQATENT @FFIQ'E.

WILLIAM A. PAINTER, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO PITTSBURGHLAMP, BRASS & GLASS COMPANY, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATIONOF NEW JERSEY.

SHADE-HOLDER.

Patented Dec. a, icon.

Application filed September 23, 1908. Serial N 0. 454,414.

5 tain new and useful Improvements in Shade- Holders, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved shade-holderparticua shade employed on light-fixtureasuch as electric light-fixturesor electroliers, or gas-fixtures.

A further obj ect'of the present invention is to provide a shade-holderof the class 5 above mentioned that may be readily attached to andremoved from such fixtures without the necessity of removing the bulb ofa1i-electric-light fixture or the burner of a gas-fixture.

A still further objectof my invention is to provide a construction ofsuch a nature that when-used in connection with electric light-fixturesthe holder may be attached to and removed from the fixture by simplygiving a quarter turn to the electric light socket and adjusting theholder thereto by means of the shade supporting-member of the holder.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate applications of myinvention, Figure 1 is an elevational view, partly in sec- -tion of ashade-holder embodying my invention-shown in connection with an electriclight fixture; Fig. 2 a detail plan particularly showing the base-memberand means for locking the parts of saidmember; Figs. 3 and 4 detailviews showing a modified form of base-member and diiferent means forlocking the parts together; Fig. 5 a de tail perspective viewof themanner of assembling the form of Fig. 3; Fig. 6 a trans- 'versesectional view of the form of Fig.- 3, shown in position on a fixture;Fig. 7 a part sectional and a part 'elevational view showing a furthermodified'form applied to a fix- Figs. 8 and 9 detail views of thebasevmember andlocking means of the form of Fig. 7; Fig. 1Ov a detailplan of base-member showing said member composed of four sections orparts; Fig. 11 a part elevational and a part sectional viewof a stillfurther modified form of construdtion; and Figs. 12 and 13 detail'viewsof the form of Fig. 11.

Referring to the drawings, 2 designates-a 5 5 shade supportingmember orring of the holder adapted to support an annular shade, notshown, of theusual or any desired style. Supporting-member 2 is annular in form andis made of an elastic or fiexiblemetal strip or piece which, owing toits elasticity,

may be bent slightly. Connected to the supporting-member by means ofcurved and radially extending arms 3, is a central base orclamping-member 4, preferably made in two parts or sectionsa and b, asshown by the various forms illustrated, although the base-member maycomprise a number of sectionsfgreater than two. In the form of membershown by Fig. 10 the base-member comprises four parts orseetions.

I have illustrated various orms of base- .inembers showing some of the-modified forms the sections or parts may assume and the differentmanner of assembling and looking the parts together followed in makingshade-holders constructed in accordance with my invention, but othermodifications may be employed in which the lateral adjustment of thesections or parts of the base may be effected by slightly bending thesupportingmember 2 that will come within the scope of my invention.

Each section or part of the base formed with a cutaway portion, as shownat 5, and is adapteth'when in position, to fit around athrea(led-portion 6 of the fixture-stem 7. Fixture-stem 7 projects intothe socket-stein 8 of the electric-light or a similar socket of agas-burner, and the lower end of the socket-stem is designed to restupon the sections or parts of the base'member -as clearly shown byFig. 1. The form of Fig. 1 illustrates the preferred embodiment of myinvention; in this form, each section or part a and b is formed withan-eng'aging-slot, 9 adapted to receive a pin or rivetlO of a pivotedthumb-latch 11, the latter being sc cured to each of the members by arivet 12." The -means just described constitute the locking means forlocking the parts a and I) together when said parts are adjusted inposition on the fixture.

In. the other forms illustrated, I have shown, in addition to thebase-memberproper and in conjunction therewith, an. annular plate ordisk 13, also modifications of the sections or parts a and 1). Thus, inthe form shown by Figs. '3, at, 5 and 6, the sections a and b areeachformed with a depending-flange 14 and with, slots 15, the latpin 16 ofthe plate or disk 13.

In the form of Fig. 7 the plate 13 has an upwardly extending flange 17having cars 18 and engaging-rivets or headed-pins 16; in this form, thedivided or sectional base is designed to fit into the annular-flange 17and be secured on plate 13 by laterally projecting screws 19.

. In the form of Fig. 11 the plate 13 is provided with the flange l7 andthe parts a and b of the base-member are secured to the plate by meansof vertically extending screws 20.

Electric lamps, or electric portables, as they are known in trade, areput on the market with the Wiring complete, that is to say, with thewiring running up through the hollow stem-or standard and connected withtlie lamp-socket. With lamps of this class the shade-holder should be ofsucha construc tion that it may be attached and detached Withouttwisting the wiring to any harmful degree. By formilfg the base-memberof two or more sections as illustrated, I am able by giving .only aquarter turn tothe lampsocket, to raise-it sufficiently from thebasemember to permit the sections thereof to be spread apart and theholder readily applied or removed without twisting the Wiring.

What. I claim is: r

1. A shade-holder having a flexible shade supporting-member, a centralbase-member comprising tWo sections, means for locking the sectionstogether, and an arm connecting each section and the shade supporting.

member. 1

2. A. shade-holder having a flexible shade basev supporting-member, anadjustable member comprising a plurality of separable parts, and armsconnecting the parts and the supporting member.

3. A shade-holder having a flexible shade supporting-member, a centralbase-member comprising two separable parts or sections,

a latch-member on each part, and arms conne'ctmg the parts or sectionsand the sup comprising two sections, means for locking the sectionstogether, and arms connecting the sections and the suppoitingniember.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

\VILLIAM A. PAINTER.

\Vitnesses A. C. VAY, I WV. G; Doonrr'rnn.

